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(No Model.)

A. SCHOENINGER.

SLEIGH.

Patented Deo. 9, 1884.

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ADOLPH SCHOENINGER, OF LAKE "VIENV, ILLINOIS.

SLEEGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,930, dated December 9, 1884i.

(No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, ADoLrrr SCHOEMNGER, a citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at Lake View, in the county of Cook and State ot' Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleighs, of which the following is a specification, referL ence being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in Sleighs.

The object of the invention is to provide suitable means for adding strength to such articles, to add to the appearance thereof, and to provide convenient means for attaching a rope by which the sleigh may be drawn.

To the accomplishment of the above the invention consists of' the novel devices and combination of devices, as will be described and claimed. 1

Reference will be made to the accompany ing drawings, in which Figure l is a view in detail of my improved attachment; Fig. 2, a side elevation of a sleigh with the improvement in position, and Fig. 3 a front view thereof.

Like letters refer to like parts in each view.

A represents the seat or body ofthe sleigh, and B the uprights connecting the same with the runners C, said runners being curved at their front ends and adapted to be connected with the front end of the seat, as is customary.

D represents my improved brace, formed of any suitable material and provided with arms a a and b b. Arms a are preferably enlarged at their outer ends, as shown at c, and through such enlargements suitable bolts may be passed to secure the brace to the runner, as shown in Fig. 2.

Arms b of brace D are so bent with respect to said brace that their outer ends, when the brace is secured to the runners, as above described, will occupy a position between the inner curved ends of said runners and the seat A, as is also clearly shown in Fig. 2. Suitable bolts, d, are passed through the seat, the arms I), and the ends of the runners, and the parts thereby held securely in place.

By the use ofthe brace constructed and arranged as described great srength is added to the sleigh at its front end.

At or about the center of brace D there may be provided the representation ci' an animals head, (marked E in the drawings.)

As shown in the drawings, there is a ring, F, inserted into the mouth of the figure, and connected with such ringA is the rope G for drawing the sleigh.

Vhat I claim is l. rlhe combination, with sleigh A and runners C, of brace D, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with sleighAand runners C, of'brace D, provided with arms c b, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with sleigh A and runners C, of brace D, provided with central ornamentation, E, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with sleighA and runners C, of brace D, head E, formed therewith, ring F, and rope G, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPH SCI-IOENINGER.

Vitnesses:

M. J. CLAGETT, FRANK S. BLANCHARD. 

